Disseminated Nocardiosis with retinal abscess in a patient treated for bullous pemphigoid

PURPOSE: To report a case of disseminated Nocardiosis with retinal and intracranial lesions. OBSERVATIONS: A 49-year-old woman immunosuppressed because of treatment given for bullous pemphigoid presented with altered mental status and multiple intracranial lesions on imaging. The patient was found t...

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Autores principales: Puri, Sidharth, Hadayer, Amir, Breaux, Andrea, Barr, Charles C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Brief report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29780924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.02.015
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Hadayer, Amir
Breaux, Andrea
Barr, Charles C.
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of disseminated Nocardiosis with retinal and intracranial lesions. OBSERVATIONS: A 49-year-old woman immunosuppressed because of treatment given for bullous pemphigoid presented with altered mental status and multiple intracranial lesions on imaging. The patient was found to have multiple retinal lesions in both eyes, including a subretinal abscess in the right eye. The patient underwent brain biopsy, confirming Nocardia farcinica histopathologically and in culture. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Ocular Nocardiosis is a rare disease with varying prognosis that requires prompt diagnosis to ensure appropriate medical therapy.
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spelling pubmed-59566612018-05-18 Disseminated Nocardiosis with retinal abscess in a patient treated for bullous pemphigoid Puri, Sidharth Hadayer, Amir Breaux, Andrea Barr, Charles C. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Brief report PURPOSE: To report a case of disseminated Nocardiosis with retinal and intracranial lesions. OBSERVATIONS: A 49-year-old woman immunosuppressed because of treatment given for bullous pemphigoid presented with altered mental status and multiple intracranial lesions on imaging. The patient was found to have multiple retinal lesions in both eyes, including a subretinal abscess in the right eye. The patient underwent brain biopsy, confirming Nocardia farcinica histopathologically and in culture. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Ocular Nocardiosis is a rare disease with varying prognosis that requires prompt diagnosis to ensure appropriate medical therapy. Elsevier 2018-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5956661/ /pubmed/29780924 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.02.015 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Disseminated Nocardiosis with retinal abscess in a patient treated for bullous pemphigoid
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title_short Disseminated Nocardiosis with retinal abscess in a patient treated for bullous pemphigoid
title_sort disseminated nocardiosis with retinal abscess in a patient treated for bullous pemphigoid
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29780924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.02.015
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